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Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

CIRES/GSD Software Engineer

CIRES/GSD Software Engineer

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder collaborates with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) located at the Earth System Research Lab (ESRL), Global Systems Division (GSD) in Boulder, CO. GSD’s Evaluation and Decision Support Branch (EDS) is on the forefront in developing new systems for National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters who require display of, and interaction with, real-time weather data. For example, a key function is the generation of warnings or hazard information for severe weather events such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods.

The Mission

EDS has been tasked with the creation of a variety of applications to enable forecasters to work more quickly and efficiently for both routine tasks and in critical weather situations. The host for these applications is called AWIPS II (the 2nd generation of the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System). It is evolving into an advanced observational, forecasting, communications, computational, and display system. It uses service-oriented architecture and is written in Java and Python using the Eclipse framework.

The near-term focus will be on applications and extensions to services that support diverse phenomena such as thunderstorms, winter, tropical, and aviation weather, plus new ground-breaking techniques through continuous and probabilistic information paradigms.

Responsibilities

Participate in the design and development of AWIPS II applications with the intent of becoming a lead architect for the system

Communicate with stakeholders

Work with a small team of developers

Possible travel

Requirements

Formal training in software engineering is required, preferably at the graduate level.

MUST BE A US CITIZEN OR GREEN CARD HOLDER

Experience in designing and developing interactive applications

Experience with developing “frameworks” allowing users to modify or extend the software features

Some background or coursework in a science-based field such as meteorology or physics

Experience using a customer-driven rapid feedback or “agile” approach to software development

Working knowledge of Python, Java, and Eclipse; having developed major pieces of code in at least one of these languages.

Demonstrated creativity in developing unique solutions to new or unusual problems

Effective in communicating ideas with management and colleagues.

Reliable and self-motivated

Comfortable working in an agile-like and creative team environment.

Be able to grasp the big picture and translate it into software architecture, coding details, test plans, and documentation.

The Environment

The successful candidate will be employed by the University of Colorado but will work on site at the NOAA complex on Broadway.

This position is not suited to telework.

The work will be in a team environment, with the potential for close pairs programming.

Application Materials

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Application Materials Instructions: Applicants must complete the Faculty/University Staff and EEO Data (application) form, and upload the following required documents: 1 – Cover Letter; 2 – CV; 3 – The document uploaded for Proof of Degree can be a Transcript which shows the date the degree was conferred; Copy of Diploma; or official letter from the Registrar or the Dean of the School or College conferring the degree; 4 –A non-confidential letter of reference This position is eligible for medical, dental and life insurance, retirement benefits programs, and is eligible for monthly vacation and sick leave accruals.